Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-11-30


, MONEY sold in the Smyrna Buildin,
ana Loan Association last night at 4
per cent.
G. II. REGIsLER & Co., are sellin,
sausage at IL cents per pound. or tw,
f for quarter.
REV. JOHN @. THOMPSON. ofPbiladel
! Phla, who was the popular pastor oftb
Presbyterian church here at the break
ing out of the civil war, will agail
minister to his old congregation next
LET our young folks count up how
mGch the habit of smoking or chewing
VIII cost in 90 years, provided 10 cents
DAY is spent for tobacco. Do not for.
get the cost to health either. This will
DO for the boy who has commenced on
cigarettes. - VI
IF you want fine Gold or Silver
Watch as Christmas gift either for
Ladies or Gentlemen, YOU will find a
reliable one at J. V. Smiths. #
u. P. POTTER, of Wilmington. will
be in town about the 1st of December
TO look after pianos and organs that
may need tuning and repairing. Orders
may be left with Miss Mollie Thomn-
son OF at the TIMES Office.
Those in want of anything in the
way, OF notions, millinery or fancy
goods, at cash prices, would do we'll in
calling upon Mrs. M. E. Lord. T
A LARGE church wedding came off
last Thursday night at Bethel A. M. 10
Church, the bride and groom BEING
VIM. Q. Potts and Rachel A. Brown
tomorrow evening there will be an
Gt9er, when Samuel Macy will lead
Julia Potts to the altar.
FARM knowledge is not all the
knowledge farmer needs, any more
IMAM knowledge of money and per
centage is a full equipment for a bank
En- we must know more about men
and affairs around us, and get onr
stock of general intelligence aWav IN
II we would be men among men.
Presiding Elder France has rented
the house of Rev. DR.. ]. T. Umsted ON
mount Vernon street, for the district
parsonage. 1t was the parsonage be-
tore Its purchase and occupancy bv
by the family of DR.. Umsted. and so
used during the incumbency of Rev.
Mr.. Martindale,
lie seems to know. In looking over
the large collection of goods suitable
for Christmas Gifts one will be CON
Vlnced that the reputation of orr lew
eler, ). '. Smith, for selecting the most
appropriate articles for gifts is we'll
sustained. He has a fine collection
See advertisement. Z
WE clip the following from an ex-
change, which may give some store
clerks employment for short time.
A clerk counted out a basket of
eggs, took out two at time and one
remained; he took out three at a time
and one remained; six at a time and ono
remained; but when he took out seven
at Time none remained How MANY
eggs were in the basket?n
Miss MINNIE CLEMENT has a chrvsap.
themum called the Christmas Eve that |
is attractive alike to the ladies for its |
beauty as well as its lateness. IT. has |
Just developed its first flowers and has |
Ouds that will not be open much he |
lore Christmas. 1t will only come IN |
perfection in this latitude bv being |
taken up and ported about the middIe9 |
OF November. Miss G. has also another
late variety, the Mrs. Frank Thomson
mat IS considered handsome.
MEN do not know how to keen their
clothes free from spots and stains like
Jhe women, because they have not the
But this difficulty has been
met by solution prepared bv Jas p
HoHecker, which only needs a minnie
Dr. SO In its application with a rao or
sponge to clean the garment com
pietely. Five or ten cents worth of II
VIII last long time. We give this in
formation for the benefit of the man
VINO has sOiled coat and don't know
low TO get it cleaned, some of our old
bachelors for instance.
The friends of DR.. and Mrs. 7 w
jllfton gave them a surprise party on
Monday evening, the occasion heinz
ne tenth anniversary of their marriage
I was managed adrOitly, the Doctor
no MS wife having no intimation of il
intll they were completely in the nos
esslOn of their friends, who numbered
'etween fifty and sixty of Young and
married. people. They were the re-
lpients of a number of presents in fin
Yaafe; silver, bronze &C., the chief of
!, ,hlG1 was handsome cathedral gong
)lifton. ~ MS
MRS. GEO. w. RAYMOND had in the
ummer in the basin of the fountain
naI sent up its beautiful spravs of
'ater in the yard, a variety of hand
ONE tish mostly gold and silver some l
lghteen in number. Before LETTING off q
he water in October these fish 1era
aught with some trouble because tbo,, l
.ouId hide under the rocks, and placed I
q. neat aquarium where their inter
sung movements can be seen and c
mere during the bleak winter months I
lelr care will break the monotonv of t
ANY a day that the season will render
nattractive without.
SATURDAY and Sunday were lie
-ay days, or rather Sunday was Ike
summer day, the mercury up to zoe
40 people sitting with open windows
their homes and churches. II was n
ncomfortably warm. Monday brought \
cnange' put nothing 10 compare to d
lat OF the West. The cold weather S,
ere commenced on Saturday with a b
wing snow storm. The Mississippi v
yer at Lacrosse, Wisconsin, was closed Il
sunday night, the temperature being 81
degrees below zero. This is the a.
riIest closing ever known. At ST. "
aul the temperature at 8 o'clock Mon Il
" morning marked % degrees below q
70. At Galena, Illinois, it was 10 he. in
W zero on Sunday night. At CHICAGO il
oonday morning it was above zero e,
has moderated since. wv G
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